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Offline tuba515

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PBY
« on: March 21, 2017, 04:44:25 PM »
I have been asking for a long time, but we need the PBY! It was pivotal throughout WW2. In game I could carry something like: sups , field sups, or 5 troops in the inside. and wing bombs or torps (4 1000lbs or 8 500lbs  or 2 torps ) like in real life ( it could cary 4000lbs of ords safely ).  It would be a work horse in Sea or coastal operations. 
General characteristics
Crew: 10 — pilot, co-pilot, bow turret gunner, flight engineer, radio operator, navigator, radar operator, two waist gunners, ventral gunner
Length: 63 ft 10 7/16 in (19.46 m)
Wingspan: 104 ft 0 in (31.70 m)
Height: 21 ft 1 in (6.15 m)
Wing area: 1,400 ft² (130 m²)
Empty weight: 20,910 lb (9,485 kg)
Max. takeoff weight: 35,420 lb (16,066 kg)
Zero-lift drag coefficient: 0.0309
Drag area: 43.26 ft² (4.02 m²)
Aspect ratio: 7.73
Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 Twin Wasp radial engines, 1,200 hp (895 kW each) each

Performance
Maximum speed: 196 mph (314 km/h)
Cruise speed: 125 mph (201 km/h)
Range: 2,520 mi (4,030 km)
Service ceiling: 15,800 ft (4,000 m)
Rate of climb: 1,000 ft/min (5.1 m/s)
Wing loading: 25.3 lb/ft² (123.6 kg/m²)
Power/mass: 0.034 hp/lb (0.056 kW/kg)
Lift-to-drag ratio: 11.9

Armament
3 .30 cal (7.62 mm) machine guns (two in nose turret, one in ventral hatch at tail)
2 .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns (one in each waist blister)
4,000 lb (1,814 kg) of bombs or depth charges; torpedo racks were also available

Offline tuba515

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Re: PBY
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2017, 04:47:38 PM »
the reason I say 5 troops is to  make it more realistic  (it wasnt a large troop carrier , just mainly faired troops to islands)   

Also If we do Battle of Britain we could finaly have PBYs operating as pbys haha (instead of c47s in place of pbys as in past scenarios (alot less defenses haha) )

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Re: PBY
« Reply #2 on: March 21, 2017, 04:49:11 PM »
Single plane non-formation like a goon *

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Re: PBY
« Reply #3 on: March 21, 2017, 05:54:46 PM »
It can pick up downed pilots for lots of perk points.


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Re: PBY
« Reply #4 on: March 21, 2017, 06:44:37 PM »
It can pick up downed pilots for lots of perk points.


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 :aok ^^ this. Black Cats come to mind. Had a similar idea ping ponging when I learned pilots lived after the bail. Brings another option to Storchs and if a Piper ever made it in.
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Re: PBY
« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2017, 07:19:09 PM »
you get perks for resupping players why not get them for retrieving bailed pilots in jeeps, storches, cubs, PTs or PBYs. theres a 3 meter area around the vehicle to retrieve the pilot.
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Re: PBY
« Reply #6 on: March 22, 2017, 09:02:35 AM »
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+1

heck yeah!

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Re: PBY
« Reply #7 on: March 22, 2017, 09:27:25 AM »
you get perks for resupping players why not get them for retrieving bailed pilots in jeeps, storches, cubs, PTs or PBYs. theres a 3 meter area around the vehicle to retrieve the pilot.

GVs should be able to pick up downed pilots as well! Downed pilots should have mirrors to signal, or pop be able to pop smoke.


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Re: PBY
« Reply #8 on: March 22, 2017, 11:21:57 AM »
you get perks for resupping players

You do?
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Re: PBY
« Reply #9 on: March 22, 2017, 12:44:21 PM »
You do?

That would be new to me as well.  :headscratch:
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Re: PBY
« Reply #10 on: March 22, 2017, 06:56:14 PM »
+1 to the PBY

-1 to picking up downed pilots. The last thing we need is 10 guys per side waiting to be picked up by 10 more guys per side in PBYs. That would be 60 people out of the fight.
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Offline tuba515

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Re: PBY
« Reply #11 on: March 22, 2017, 08:35:58 PM »
Pilot thing or not , this plane would be amazing to have and used.

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Re: PBY
« Reply #12 on: March 22, 2017, 09:34:29 PM »

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Re: PBY
« Reply #13 on: March 22, 2017, 09:40:56 PM »
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Re: PBY
« Reply #14 on: March 22, 2017, 09:41:36 PM »